workplace? i am how do you get people back into the workplace? iam here how do you get people back into the workplace? i am here at the greenwich peninsula to find out. it was an extraordinary night in the champions league. liverpool staged a second half comeback to beat the italian side ac milan at anfield, while manchester city won a nine goal thriller. whilst there will be the odd touch of fog and shower, most places have a dry day. it s thursday the 16th of september. our top story. after a ruthless day of firing and hiring, the prime minister is set to continue the biggest shake up of his government since he entered downing street. gavin williamson was sacked as education secretary, while dominic raab was demoted from his role as foreign secretary. he ll be replaced by liz truss. borisjohnson has promised that his new cabinet will work tirelessly to unite the country, as our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. there were hirings, firings and some eye catching
from home for good. let me know if you think working practices have changed for ever and if so, whether that s a good thing or not on twitter, it s @annita mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions. also coming up this hour. out of this world four amateur astronauts, including a billionaire will spend the next three days circling the earth in the latest milestone for space tourism. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk, the us and australia have launched a new security partnership with plans to develop a fleet of nuclear powered submarines. the pact, to be known as aukus, will also cover artificial intelligence, cyber and quantum technologies. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says the project will be crucial for the protection of their shared interests in the indo pacific region but china has accused them of having a cold war mentality. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. britain s decision to send its aircraft carrier hms q
first lady of the united states, jill biden, talking about military veterans. the couple are, says time magazine, part of a community that in a year of crisis have leapt into the fray. jonny dymond, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. he is chris fawkes. we ve seen a bit of patchy cloud since the clear blue skies, nevertheless a lot of dry, fine weather. however, the northern ireland we ll see the cloud continue to thicken here with outbreaks of rain starting to spread in, as these weather fronts just our west start to approach and these fronts will be bringing more of us rain over the next couple of days as we will see in a moment. over the next few hours turning wet in northern ireland. the rain most persistent across western counties. turning quite cloudy for western scotland but east scotland along with england and wales dry and sunny spells, feeling warm, temperatures as high as 23 degrees. overnight tonight the rain will begin to spread from northern ireland into
the first minister considers drafting in the military to help the scottish ambulance delays after average wait for an ambulance reached six hours last week. and the top 100 most influential people on the planet: time magazine puts harry and meghan on its list for 2021. the programme of third, booster, covid jabs has got underway in england and wales with some vulnerable people and health workers receiving their dose this morning. eligible people who had their second vaccine at least six months ago will be invited for the extra dose the full rollout begins next week. everyone aged 50 and over across the uk is eligible, as well as frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable groups about 30 million people in all. but as some people are now receiving their third jab there are still more than five million adults across the uk who are yet to have one. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. come along, let s see you. on the front line and among the first in li